Let's Have A War, We Need The Oil!!

Below: A Russian aircraft pulls the old "shock & awe" on Georgia.George W. Bush looked into Vlad (The Impaler?) Putin's eyes & felt he'd "Looked into his soul." Seems he was really looking into a mirror of his own blackened soul. We've reached this conclusion for many reasons (their mutual disregard of democracy & elections, for one) and now we see that either of these fucks are ready to go to war against any weaker nation for the sake of oil, or any energy resources at all.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Georgia of driving people from their homes. “We are receiving reports that a policy of ethnic cleansing was being conducted in villages in South Ossetia, the number of refugees is climbing, the panic is growing, people are trying to save their lives,” he said. Georgia has allied itself with the West and is pushing for membership in NATO, a bid strongly backed by the Bush administration. It lies at the heart of a region emerging as a vital energy transit route. World distracted by Olympics? The fighting broke out when much of the world’s attention was focused on the start of the Olympic Games and many leaders were on their way to Beijing. Saakashvili, who insists his government’s military action was provoked, noted the timing in an interview with CNN. “Most decision makers have gone for the holidays,” he said. “Brilliant moment to attack a small country.”

Sounds smart to us. Looks like it's working, because Bush & Pito Putin met earlier today, w/ little success on Bush's part.

BEIJING - President Bush blended political messages for China and Russia with high fives and hugs for American athletes Friday as the first U.S. president to attend an Olympics abroad. Before settling in for the opening hoopla of fireworks and acrobats, Bush took another swipe at China's human rights record and spoke with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin about fighting in the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia. Russia sent tanks in after Georgian troops launched a military offensive Friday to retake control of South Ossetia.

Bush and Putin discussed the situation at a luncheonfor world leaders hosted by Chinese President Hu Jintao, said Gordon Johndroe, a Bush spokesman, without giving details.

Bush talked a little louder in Thailand, but it is well known what size stick he carries.

What are the risks of a wider regional conflict?, The risks here are great. With casualties to Russia’s peacekeeping force and attacks on Georgian territory beyond the conflict zone, we are already seeing the potential for this to spin into a larger, Russian-Georgian conflict. In addition, many of Russia’s unstable Caucus [sic] regions — Chechnya, Ingushetia, Dagestan — are nearby and could see a spillover of violence into their regional conflicts.

Putin (or his figurehead, Medvedev) sound about as smart as G. W(orst) Bush, & his little pals, don't they? Just go stumbling into a smaller, weaker country, don't plan for anything beyond the day after tomorrow (if that far) & then act really surprised when things don't go just as you didn't plan. We wonder if any of these other "unstable Caucasus regions" have any left over/behind Soviet nukes?